Unit Two- Group G- General and Specific Concepts

Question 0

What Byzantine innovation increased agricultural growth?(Cameron Reller)

Answer 0

The heavy plow

Question 1

Who constructed Hagia Sophia?(Cameron Reller)

Answer 1

Justinian

Question 2

Most powerful organizing feature of Indian society

Answer 2

Caste system

Roberts

Question 3

Spring and summer brought rain and warm winds from the southwest. Fall and winter was cool, dry, and winds came from the northeast.

Answer 3

Monsoons

Roberts

Question 4

This innovation led to lethal cutting edges and came into high demand for knives and swords.

Answer 4

High-carbon steel

Roberts

Question 5

a systematic review of the Roman Law

Answer 5

Justinian’s Code

Angus Pellant

Question 6

means body of the civil law, what Justinian based his code off of

Answer 6

Corpus luris Civillis

Angus Pellant

Question 7

means envoy of The Lord Ruler, Charlemagne’s traveling servants

Answer 7

Missi Dominici

Angus Pellant

Question 8

Nordic peoples of Scandinavia, Norse mariners who mounted invasions and plundered settlements

Answer 8

Vikings

Angus Pellant

Question 9

The term for a secular Lord and ecclesiastical leader. The Emperor would lead both within the state and religious affairs.

Answer 9

caesaropapism

Angus Pellant

Question 10

Sanskrit for king

Answer 10

Raja

Roberts

Question 11

jati

Answer 11

subcastes usually determined by occupation (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 12

Pope Gregory I

Answer 12

defended Rome from the Germanic tribe, Lombards, and reasserted papacy as head authority and emphasized sacrament of penance (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 13

iconoclasm

Answer 13

‘breaking of the icons’ commissioned by Emperor Leo III in Byzantine Empire (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 14

Greek fire

Answer 14

military invention used by Byzantines to resist Muslim invasions; burns even on water (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 15

papacy (the popes)

Answer 15

the line of religious authority over the Roman Catholic Church (Daniel Pfaff)

Question 16

What is Greek Fire?(Cameron Reller)

Answer 16

Used by the Byzantines to resist Muslim attacks on land and on water. Can burn on water

Question 17

What was caesaropapism?

Answer 17

Caesaropapism meant that the emperor not only ruled as secularly, but also ecclesiastically.

Jonathan Perry

Question 18

What was a theme?

Answer 18

A theme was an imperial province under authority of a general who had responsibility for military defense and civil administration.

Jonathan Perry

Question 19

What was the missi dominici?

Answer 19

A group of imperial officials that travelled annually to all jurisdictions and reviewed the accounts of the local authorities; envoys of the lord ruler.

Jonathan Perry

Question 20

What was a bezant?

Answer 20

A Byzantine gold coin that served as the standard currency for the Mediterranean area.

Jonathan Perry

Question 21

What was the schism?

Answer 21

The separation of the western and eastern churches into the Roman and orthodox in 1054

Jonathan Perry

Question 22

Most regions of india were able to produce enough rice, wheat, barley, and millet to feed the population.

Answer 22

Self sufficiency

Roberts

Question 22

H

Answer 22

U